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Culture can be cruel, as Dorcas Jebet, (centre) a pupil at Kapkei Primary School in Eldoret East District, her sister Naomi Jepchirchir (right) and their mother Eunice Tarus found out. Their houses were burnt down by relatives who accused Mrs Tarus of failure to give birth to a boy. Photo/ JARED NYATAYA

Culture can be cruel, as Dorcas Jebet, (centre) a pupil at Kapkei Primary School in Eldoret East District, her sister Naomi Jepchirchir (right) and their mother Eunice Tarus found out. Their houses were burnt down by relatives who accused Mrs Tarus of failure to give birth to a boy. Photo/ JARED NYATAYA 

By DENNIS ODUNGA
Posted  Wednesday, December 2  2009 at  19:41

The suspects were still at large, he said but they were being pursued to answer charges in connection with the destruction.

The chief asked well wishers to help the family put up a temporary structure. The family, he also said, needs relief food.

The draft constitution gives women an equal right in family property.

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